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Newspaper

La Grande Evening Observer

Location

La Grande, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1911

Page

5

Local business notices and community updates from past Idaho town pages

Includes advertisements for H Ty Love jeweler and Dr Posey eye ear nose throat specialist over Selders store with glasses hours. Joe Woods remodeling Crystal Café into Delmonico. requests for second hand school books at Silverthorn’s Drug Store. G W B M ladies Christian church meeting September 1. Miss Wilcox lead. Ethel McCormick seeking family whereabouts. Mrs C N Callender address Emmett Idaho.

Posey Selders Silverthorn

Bradley & Co. Plan Plumbing Ordinance Work

Bradley & Co. follow the city plumbing ordinance in their planning work. Record indicates contact via Shop B. 715 or similar phone reference.

Bes

W C T U Meeting At Mrs F Ho Greens Home Tomorrow

The W C T U will meet tomorrow at 2 30 in the afternoon at the home of Mrs F Ho Green. A notice invites attendees to bring a list of ten names and addresses and mentions a summer program involving a standard five cent article weekly.

F. Ho Green M. ‘Rosenbaum Sixth Street la Grande Ore

Personal notices from La Grande and nearby towns

Rita Wasson of Portland wins Ba you hotel guest prize. J Kashberger of Huntington registers at the Savoy. James Brady from Star key Inst visits La Grande and stays at the Savoy. H J Hatfield tours Wallowa county for Bus ter Brown shoes. Mrs J Brooks of Imbler stops at the Savoy. Attorney Denman returns home to Elgin after business. W W Cowper of Union visits, staying at the Savoy. E C Erickson of Cambridge visits La Grande and stays at the Savoy. Mr and Mrs D Fitzgerald return from a beach vacation. W J Church, state tax board member, back from Portland and Salem. Jans Spence of the Portland Journal visits en route to Wallowa county. Mr and Mrs Jack Oliver return from Portland and the coast as North Beach party. Roy Varnum back from Portland. N S Hamling dep US marshal leaves for Portland with a prisoner Chris Louis awaiting trial. Mrs John Gubhlift returns from Baker with friends. Mr and Mrs John Walters return to Starbuck after visiting relatives. Mrs Walley’s sister of Miss Anna Alexander deputy county clerk. Co Y Severs and two daughters travel from Cove. Bonnie heads to Brokane and Stella to Colwell to teach. A R Bodmer of McCally Mercantile, Joseph, passes through on return from Portland with winter stock. Dick Duguinen, N K Weat salesman, to wed Katherine Jennings at Perrydale. Mrs and Mrs Devignan to arrive soon and live in La Grande. Abraham Eaton elected lay delegate to Methodist conference in Minneapolis next year. he visits Union on business. Mr Easter, bank cashier of Union, and Mr Paton transact business in the city.

Abraham Eaton General Conference of the Methodist Church Minneapolis Union Today Easter Union Bank Paton

Staged chaos and public reforms jar New York readers

A bizarre sequence starts with a noisy scuffle and a drunken escape then ends with the city’s new sanitary code abolishing drinking cups in public venues. The Harlem River episode follows as a bridge tender and companion spear a whopper sturgeon feared by bathers and hailed as a local giant.

New York City Joan Big Harlem River Leah Harlem

Speed mania fuels New York speed laws debate

A New York column laments the speed craze gripping automobilists and air travelers, urging harsher penalties beyond fines. It tells of a patrolman who carried a crying baby to Bellevue hospital, and notes Union Square crowds flocking to view Mars and Saturn through a telescope as Murphys mix in Brooklyn.

New York

U S Share in World Marine Traffic Shown in Canal Report

Washington August 90 report on Suez canal traffic shows 1910 ship passages total 4 533 with 16 581 898 tons. US vessels totaled 30 ships with 106 703 tons. 27 were warships. Passengers reached 233 978 including 76 854 military 128 171 civilians and 28 963 pilgrims emigrants and convicts.

Washington United States Suez Canal Department of Ecommerce and Labor Great Britain Germany The Netherlands France Austria-Hungary Italy Japan Russia

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Thelsis Theatre Halfy Ceate Edison Epirda Migs Garrick Mr. Ferrin Matinees Ty Love Adameau Joe Woods Miece Cryetal Café Mio Woods Eariy Delmonico G. W Second Baba Silverthorne Ethel McCormick Twat C. N. Callender Emmett Idaho Bradley & Co Wright Drug Co Rita Wasson Portland J. Kashberger Huntington the Savoy James Brady Starkey Savoy H. J. Hatfield Buster Brown Shoes Wallowa County J. Brooks of Imbler Denman Elgin W. W. Cowper Union City E. C. Erickson Cambridge Hers Mrs. D. Fitzgerald W. J. Church State Jans Spence Portland Journal i Fastern Oregon Herd Wallowa Jack Oliver Coast North Beach Roy Varnum N.S. Hamling Chris Louis John Gubhlift Baker Badberg John Walters Starbuck Mra Wal‘és Anna Alexander Co. Y A. R. Bodmer McCally Mercantile Josaph Dick Deulgnén N. K Beautiful Queen of Spain Briakly Ueen Victoria Spalz Europe Jaime Eapete Beatrice Sacie Thirty-fifth Street Leutenant Bellevue Hospital Mars Saturn Union Square Murphys Buller Street Brooklyn Thomas. Murphy Elizabeth Murphy Robert Pattison Black Sandborg Perry County Uice BAY Plumbers Zweifel Post Office Tom Kapellas
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